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We copied on Saturday an article from the Times at tacking the decision of the Hull Committee for admitting the clerk of Mr. EARNSHAW, the Under-sheriff of Hull, to give evidence after he had heard the evidence given by his master. Our Contemporary was fired at this un seemliness, with all that virtuous indignation to which he knows so well how to give vent ; and poor Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND, with all the Committee, were lashed as became the turpitude of allowing, what is every day allowed in our Courts in civil cases, one witness to hear another's testimony. The language of the Times was quite withering, though we have not yet seen Sir GEORGE STatcxLasin's death in the obituary. But there was another great man who was hit equally hard by the Times, and we believe ho has not perished under the castigation. Jr. the case of the Hull Committee the question, the Times says, was decided by a vote, and Sir G. STRICKLAND was with the majority. In the Evesham case, Sir ROBERT PEEL, the Chronicle tells us, " ruled that the witness should be examined, and admitted his evidence." Sir Ro- BERT, as the Chairman, appears to have taken all the re sponsibility on himself, though the objection was precisely similar to the objection in the Hull case, and his decision must be either condemned by the Times, or admitted to be a justification of Sir G. STRICKLAND'S conduct. In the Eve sham case, the evidence of a Clerk to Mr. Bownswic Zs agent was objected to, because he had heard every word up to the flue his evidence was required. In this case, too, the fault, ii► any, is aggravated by Sir R. PEEL having given notice et the commencement of the inquiry, that no witnesses ...1,41at to enter the room unless summoned, and that potiee was posted on the doors. He was sensible therefore of all the impropriety—if any—of that enduct which was common both to him and Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND. For us, who are great admirers of the im mense powers of vituperation possessed by our Contem porary, when they are directed against a proper object, it is great pleasure to see them so strongly applied, by impli cation, to Sir ROBERT PEEL. The continuation, by adjournment, of the proceedings at i_zeter Hall through two whole days, is a circum st,,nce, we understand, quite unprecedented in the history or public meetings. Upwards of 12,000 tickets, it i , said, were distributed on this occasion. If the sense of t..e community is to be ascertained by such meetings, the inhabitants of the capital of the British Empire have de clared, in no equivocal terms, that they are for the imme al,.ite release of the negroes froi* the grinding bondage under the false pretence of apprenticeship, they have keen suffering since the Ist of August, 1834. That a I similar feeling—a feeling as strong and decided on this sub ,j::ct prevails throughout the country there cannot be any .lauht, and that it will manifest itself in a manner as autho ritative is, we hold, equally certain. The voice of indig nant millions will be raised against the horrible enormities have been brought to light by the transactions of the last few days, and that voice will demand, in a tone that eAnnot be resisted, the instant emancipation of the negroes. There cannot new be any compromise with those who have Acted so faithlessly as the West India planters have done. The man must be an idiot or something worse, who, after what has taken place, can put any trust in laws made to se cure the negroes against the cruelty of their tyrants, while one single link of the chain remains unbroken. We, there fore, call upon the people to instruct their representatives, pithout any reference to the narrow views of party, zealously to support the measure to be introduced into the House of Commons on the 29th of this month by Sir GEORGE LICKLA ND, the object of which is to terminate the appren ticeship on the Ist of August, 1838. Should this measure be adopted, the negro will still have reason to complain that he has endured four bitter years of slavery after the British Parliament pronounced him free, and the British nation that it has paid Twenty Millions for nothing—not one of the con -I,iderations for which all this money was given having been realized. The only party who has really profited by the bargain—the only party who has reason to plume himself upon the success of his stratagems—is the planter. He has got more labour out of his slave than he did before the Emancipation Act, has doubled the value of his estate, and pocketed an immense sum of the public money to boot. Such is the new theory of compensation Confer an important benefit on the West Indies and you must compensate them for so doing, otherwise you are devoid of all sense of justice. Again was Mr. O'CoNNELL's statement of the character of Election Committees confirraed on Tuesday night in the de bate on Mr. Serjeant \\TWILIT'S Bill to amend the Irish Re gistration Acts. Lord STANLEY was the Tory who then set his seal to the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin's certificate of perjury. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT, another Tory, in a manner, confirmed the statement by imputing a readiness to commit perjury to all classes. English gentle men, he said, would never rely on an oath to decide the value of property. English gentlemen, those to whom he was addressing himself, know that oaths do not make men tell truth or do justice on political questions, or why should they so readily suspect perjury in others ? It is rather curious to find those who profess to be so extremely sensitive to such accusations when made against themselves, resting their arguments and their laws on the supposition that men in a humble situation of life are ready and willing to commit perjury. Their own dark suspicions, which they .express so freely against others are a justification for re_ orting such accusations, which in truth they invite back ai themselves. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT made another observation in the debate, which confirms a remark of ours, made on Tuesday. He was not disposed to think, he said, that it would be rash in the House to part with its jurisdiction over Contro verted Elections ; for he thought those questions would - • never be properly decided till the House parted with that jurisdiction. We may, therefore, anticipate that the House of Commons will by and by be brought to confide all dis puted points of Law, concerning elections, as it now con fides all questions concerning titles to estates, to the Judges of the land. A worse tribunal than the House of Com mons, which is composed exclusively of political partizans, in all its shapes and forms, cannot possibly be invented ; and we quite ave.' with the Chronicle of Wednesday, that Mr. C. BULLER'S measure, which continues the jurisdiction in the House, will now satisfy no man. We must havo a more sweeping Reform. As there seems a growing attachment in the House of Commons to form rational opinions, we regret that Mr. Ser geant WOULFE does not propose to introduce at once a more vomplete system of registration for Ireland, instead of tin ng up the present scheme. He proposes to improve it by .tving only one Court of Registration instead of four in the year, and by constituting a Court of Appeal which shall finally decide all questions of registration both for and against those who are once placed on the registry. At present, , vhen a man's name is once on the list, it cannot be removed for eight years, which is a source of many complaints. We apprehend, however, that the evils of one registration in r.the year, though not so great as four, will still be found so vnbearable, that the Irish, like the English, will demand a more simple and practicable method than one which places '.heir franchise at the mercy of quibbling attornies, uencing revising barristers. Mr. WOULFE obtained leave to bring in his Bill ; but as it relieves the Irish to some ex- T H tent, the Tories already threaten to watch it narrowly and defeat it. That meddling priest the Bishop of EXETER, who is never happy but when he is as busy as a certain friend of his is said to be in a high wind, made one of his usual factious exhibitions in the House of Lords the other night, on pre senting a petition about the New Poor Law. This is a, theme well suited to the Bishop's peculiar talent for mis representation. It necessarily affords ample means to un principled declaimers, by the distortion of facts and frothy appeals to a spurious humanity, to spit out their party venom under the disguise of sympathy with the distresses of the poor. The trick, however, is becoming too stale to be practised much longer. The conduct of the Tories with respect to this measure has been most infamous. Joining heart and hand in the original enactment of the law—from no other motive we are willing to allow than the grossest selfishness—and deriving from it ever since advantages infinitely greater than they could have imagined it capable of producing, they are constantly shamming dissatisfaction with it, and attempting to make it the means of bringing unpopularity upon the Government. At the last general election not a Tory candidate could open his mouth upon the hustings, but out burst a torrent of abuse against the Poor Law and every one connected with it. The simpleton who could not muster an idea, nor find a word to say on any other topic always contrived to stammer out his hostility to this measure. Yet how did these despicable creatures act when the question was brought ' ,before them as Members of the Honourable House ? How many Tories—how many of those mob-courting pa triots who had publicly pledged themselves to their wretched gulls to oppose the continuance of the new system, recorded their votes against it ? The hypocrites ! not one—they sliirked the question ,the whole kit of them, and thus rendered themselves, if possible, more contemptible than they were be fore in the public estimation. One object of the Right Rev. Prelate, and of his coadjutor the Earl of STANHOPE, that sa pient Nobleman, who may at least claim this merit, that he can make his lack of sense singularly conspicuous even among his peers, seems to have been to rouse the zeal of the Times, which, it has been observed, has begun to flag on this subject on which it was for a long period quite beside itself. In this purpose, the par nobile have succeeded—to a certain extent at least. The discussion in the House of Lords has brought on a paroxysm, but not attended with convulsions. The patient merely labours through a couple of columns of twaddle as dull and spiritless as ever he in dicted in his sober senses. The gist of the complaint made in this instance against the administrators of the poor-law by the factious brawler who brought it before the House of Lords, was that the diet allowed in the workhouse of the Dudley Union to able bodied labourers was not equal to that which they are ac customed to when they are employed in their ordinary labours. Only consider the absurdity of such a charge ! Men who are living in a state of idleness ought to receive the same quantity of food as if they were occupied in the most laborious work ! If they do not, how, asks the Bishop, shall they be able to resume their work when they quit the workhouse ? Ay, how indeed ?—there is the question. Per haps, worthy Bishop, if you ask a physician—not the nameless one whom you consulted before, but one who understands something of his business—he will tell you that these Dudley men will be much fitter to resume their work by being fed on not quite so full a diet when they have nothing to do as when engaged in hard and ex hausting labour. Lord RADNOR'S able and excellent speech seems to have posed the Times as much as it did the Bishop of EXETER and Lord STANHOPE. The Noble Lord silenced these cavillers by shewing that the dietary about which they were clamouring had been adopted from a neighbouring Union, with this difference, that an addition had been made to it ; that the inmates of the Dudley work house—the parties, we should think, chiefly concerned— were satisfied with it ; and that on comparing the quantity of food consumed by families in and out of workhouses, he had found in some cases a difference of upwards of thirty pounds of solid food per week in favour of the workhouse I This is a fact that speaks for itself. We are not surprised that the anti-poor-law people do not relish it. A case occurred at one of the Police-offices the other I day, which we thought much too important to be merely slipped over in the small typo and obscure corner to which police cases are generally doomed. It appears that a poor and miserable wretch sat down upon a step, and was told to remove from it by a policeman. He said if he did it must be to " another step—to die." He went to another step, and died. He had been to the overseers of the parish, and they had refused him relief, and had afterwards been met with the usual answer at the Magistrates' office, " Oh, go about your business—we have no power to inter fere. The New Poor Law has taken from us all jurisdiction—we cannot help you—go !" Now, as cases like this are of frequent occurrence, notwithstanding the proud boast that by the law no man need die of starvation in England, and 48 such cases are immediately seized upon, and held up in all their horrors by the enemies of the new Poor-law Bill as proofs of its " inhuman," " atrocious," " murderous" operation, it becomes important to ascertain what the law really is as to all cases of urgent necessity. No doubt some of the practical workings, and perhaps one of the leading principles, of that much-abused measure are susceptible of considerable amendments, which amendments we shall hereafter state ; but at present we shall confine ourselves to a short but sufficient answer as to the operation of the New Poor-law Bill upon cases of casual poor in a state of apprehended starvation, sickness, or death. Be it known, therefore, to the Thunderer" of Printing-house Square; " Grandmamma," with her " childish treble" of Shoe-lane ; " Publicola" with his tomahawk ready to Dispatch whosoever and whatso ever comes in his way—be it known to all the large fry and small fry of the press, emulating these their leaders, in croaking, squeaking, roaring, or raving against the New Poor-law Bill—be it more especially known to all Magis trates, Magistrates' Clerks, Jacks or Jackanapes in office, who turn up their noses at miserable and destitute fellow creatures as worthy but more wretched than themselves— be it known to all and sundry, that so far from the New Poor-law Bill producing or promoting death by hunger, or preventinglthe relief of all cases of urgency, that it positively commands that all such eases shall be relieved ; and so far from the Magistrates having no jurisdiction in the matter, the Magistrate has all the juris diction in the matter ; and so far from the overseer not having the power to extend such relief, the overseer is to be fined " not exceeeing 51." for every instance in which he shall disobey such order of such Magistrate. Will those various persons and personages, justices and policemen, clerks and contemporaries, Times and Standard, Herald and Dispatch, be pleased to read and ponder, upon (we cannot expect the latter to copy) the following extract from the fifty-fourth clause of the Act of the fourth and fifth of WILLIAM the FOURTH, chapter the seventy-ninth, commonly called The Poor-law Amendment Act. The fifty-fourth clause enacts that the ordering and directing relief should be by Board of Guardians, and that the Overseer shall not grant relief without such order— " Except in cases of sudden and urgent necessity, in which cases he is hereby required to give such temporary relief as each case shall require, in articles of absolute necessity, but not in money, and whether the applicant for relief be settled in the parish where he shall apply for relief or not: Provided always, that in case such overseer shall refuse or neglect to give such necessary relief in any such case of necessity to poor persons not settled nor usually residing in the parish to which such overseer belongs, it shall and may be lawful for any Jus tice of the Peace to order the said overseer, by writing under his hand and seal, to give such temporary relief in articles of absolute necessity, as the case shall require, but not in money; and in case such overseer shall disobey such order, he shall, on conviction before two justices, forfeit any sum not exceed ing five pounds which such justices shall order : Provided al ways, that any justice of the peace shall be empowered to give a similar order for medical relief (only) to any parishioner as well as out-parishioner, where any case of sudden and dange rous illness may require it ; and any overseer shall be liable to the same penalties as aforesaid for disobeying such order; but it shall not be l aw f u l f or an y j us ti c e or justices t o or d e r relief to any person o r p ersons fr o m the poor-rates of any such parish, except as hereinbefore provided." RIDGWAY has just published, in the eonvenient form of a pamphlet, Lord BRO Am's late admirable speech in the House of Lords on the subject of the Eastern Slave Trade, in which the Order in Couucil allowing the importation into Guiana of Asiatic labourers is freely and fairly com mented on, as paving the way for great abuses, and, in fact, reviving the slave system under another, and very little less mitigated, form. This well digested document has made its appearance at a most suitable crisis, when the question is agaiu agitating the public mind, and available information is eagerly sought after. Lord BROUGHAM tracks the mon- THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1838. ster Slavery through all the various cunning and plausible dis guises under which he conceals himself ; strips them boldly off ; and drags him forth into broad day-light, so that all men may see and knew him for what he is. By no living Statesman could such a momentous subject, involving so many interests, and so entwined with the holiest feelings of humanity, one of whose first and most cherished principles is, that man shall not hold property in his fellow-man—by no Statesman, we repeat, now existing among us, could such a subject have been taken up in so sagacious, energetic, and effective a manner. Lord BROUGHAM'S heart is in the question ; and as he is not the sort of man to take fright at shadows, or to be put down by difficulties, but, on the contrary, to derive from them a fresh stimulus to exertion, we are convinced that he will not pause in his philanthropic labours, until he is enabled to proclaim the glorious fact that Slavery—no matter under what specious disguise it may lurk—is extinct for ever ! New York papers to the 25th ult. have been received via Liverpool. The rebel hordes had not attempted to make a descent in Canada, and, in the opinion of the best informed journalists, such a step would only lead to their destruction. They were lurking somewhere in the vicinity of Detroit. The Canada Neutrality Bill was still before Congress ; but though violently opposed by several mem bers, it was expected to be carried by a large majority. The question of slavery again begins to agitate the Ameri can public. The Southern or Slave-holding States have instructed their representatives in Congress to apprise the Federal Gevornment, that in the event of any measure being sanctioned to abolish slavery, they will dissolve the Union. We do not believe that this threat will cool the zeal of the abolitionists, supported as they are in their struggles against tyranny by the sympathies of the Christian world, and the approving testimony of a good conscience. RATES OF EXCHANGE.—United States Bank Stock, 115 to 1151 in New York, 117 to 1171 in Philadelphia. Cotton is a shade, a very slight shade, lower. Exchange on London, sto 54 and 6. Specie, about 3to 3f per cent. (in quantities) premium. Spanish doubloons, 17 dols. 6 cents. ; Patriot, 16 dols. ; Sovereigns, 5 dols. The Hanover Gazettes of the 10th and 12th inst. con taln the address voted by the States-General to the KING, with his MAJESTY'S answer thereunto. We have not space for the insertion of these documents, which fortunately happens to be of little consequence. The handful of cour tiers composing the States-General are mightily pleased with their KING, and his MAJESTY is as mightily de lighted with their love, loyalty, wisdom, and so forth. In one paragraph of his answer, the King recounts his warlike achievements in Hanover twenty-five years ago. This is useful, especially as his MAJESTY'S feats in the field of Mars have been overlooked by all the historians of that period. We confess, to our shame, that even we were un acquainted with the distinguished soldiership of CUMBER LAND before the receipt of the Hanoverian Gazette of the 12th inst. The latest accounts from Spain hold out not the least prospect of improvement in that unhappy country. The present campaign has commenced like all the preceding, and unless the peasantry and the inhabitants of the large towns bestir themselves to shake off the incubus that op presses them it will end in precisely the same way. A Carlist chief, the co-adjutor of BASILIO, in his predatory warfare is said to have been defeated on the 27th ult., with the loss of 1,000 men. FLINTER gained a more im portant victory some short time previous, but BASILIO took possession of a strong fort in the meantime, as a counterbalance to that victory, and the authorities at Madrid seem determined that he shall have an op portunity of gaining a second advantage in order to keep the balance even. FLINTER has shown too much spirit and decision to be allowed to fight on fair terms, and judging from the treatment of NAEVAEZ, we may safely infer that if he is not killed in battle, he will soon be superseded by the intrigues of a profligate Court. It appears that the Minister at War has tried the first ex pedient, for he has ordered FLINTER to proceed into La Mancha, with a small band of some eight hundred men, to fight BASILIO, who has at least three thousand troops well disciplined, eager for plunder, and determined, like those under GoktEz, to make their way into the southern pro ♦inces. There were plenty of troops at Aranguez, and other places around Madrid, to reinforce the division un der his command ; but these could not be spared—they must remain to protect that sink of intrigue and corrup tion, the capital. FLINTER, in consequence, will probably be sacrificed, and the host of depredators will be let loose, to plunder the defenceless towns, and murder the peasantry of the South. It is evi dent also that during the late movements the Minister at War and the Cabinet have been involved in disputes, and instead of providing measures to defeat BASILIO, have been entirely occupied about the division of patronage and their own selfish interests. There in fact appears no hops for the country, but from some dire convulsion. The lower classes in Spain are allowed on all hands to equal, if n o t exceed, those of any country in the world. They are brave—they can endure any fatigue—and have a high spirit of independence ; yet for the last thirty years they have been subjected to almost every species of calamity by the base and treacherous conduct of the superior classes, and notwithstanding all they have done and suffered are still in as hopeless a condition as ever. What the result may be it is impossible to foresee ; but patience has its limits, and the corrupt Court, and the profligate Generals and public functionaries who prolong the war for the sake of plunder, may yet find that they have been adopting the most effectual means to hasten their own destruction. Letters from Madrid of the 11th instant, inform us, that ESPARTERO and the Spanish Government are at logger heads. The warlike Count, finding it an easier matter to bully the Cabinet than beat the Carlists, addressed the following language to the army of the North, in an " Or der of the Day," dated the 2d instant : " Since the month of September last, I have been unceasing in my applications to her Majesty's Government to remit money to the army—if not all that was due, at least all they could, in order to provide the men and officers with the necessaries of life ; but to this period they have been deaf to my remon. strances, and belied their own promises. In like manner, my demand for shoes, clothing and provisions have been ineffec tual ; and I have consequently been compelled to use violence, and even to compromise my own word, in order that the army might not be without their rations daily, and able to undertake the operations which they performed with so much bravery along the difficult lines of Medianas, earning thereby a crown of laurels, and liberating many of their worthy companions in arms who were besieged in Balmaseda." In answer to this charge, evidently intended as the pre cursor of another military change of Ministers by com mand of the modern Captain of the Pra3torian Guards, the Madrid Gazette of the 11th inst. has the following para graph : - . As it is useful that the country should know the truth, we are authorized to contradict the presumed neglect of the army; and in proof of our statements we give the following incon trovertible facts : " 1. In the course of a few days only three millions and a half of reels in effective money have been transmitted to the army. ... . " 2. In like manner, 60,000 pairs of sh oes ; 20,000 from Madrid, 10,000 from Vittoria, and the remaining 30,000 have been forwarded to the army from Saragossa. 3. I n tne months of January and February last 17,00 0 pairs of pantaloons and 30,000 shirts were sent to the same army. 4. In conclusion, by recent contracts, and made much to the advantage of the Treasury, the supply of 75,000 rations daily has been insured to the army. " These are facts, and with them we overturn the accusa tions, as malignant as they are false. This, however, is not to say that the army is without privations —these are both numerous and distressing. Depots of provisions are wanting ; the hospitals are i n a state o f de plorable destitution ; the men and in ffi ocers experi e n c e a melan choly defalcation the receipt of their p ay; b u t o f these and other evils , which it is assiduously sought to remedy; the actual G o vernment are guiltless. The s t ate o f a ff a irs on their accepting office is well known, thanks t o t h e d es t r uctive policy of that very p ast y which now accuses others of neglect, and to the revolutionary movements which this party seeks again to renew." Will ESPARTERO once more march his victorious legions to the Prado, to exhibit himself upon the little nag from whose back he so recently gave laws to Spain, while seek ing by the gracefulness of his curvetings to captivate the Regent ? If he do not, there can be no hone for him in the event of Ministers finding themselves so supported as to be able to do their duty. The Paris papers of Friday and Saturday have been received, but they contain very little news of any interest. In the official columns of the .L'Vfoniteur of Friday we find the following telegraphic despatch from Spain : - - " BAYONNE, MARCH 14.—Brigadier Pardinas surprised the band of Tallada at Castril, and completely defeated it and captured all its materiel. Tallada himself was made prisoner on the 7th by the National Guards of Barran. "Basilio, reduced to his own forces, was endeavouring to reach Estremadura." Letters from Spain state that BASILIO was hotly pur• sued by General PUNTER at the head of 1,200 men, in cluding about 600 recruits. Since the opening of the Campaign the loss of the Carlists is estimated at 5,000 men. Still we can discover no prospect of a speedy ter mination of the war. The domestic intelligence in the French journals relates entirely to the struggles for pelf and power of the political factions in the Chambers. To make sure of office the Mi nisters have prudently determined that there shall be no more Cabinet measures brought forward this Session, FRENCH FUNDS. -PARIS, MARCH 17. give per Cents.. 108 f. 1071 85c. 90c. 80c. Four and a Half tier Cents. 10ff. l'hree per Cents., 80f. sc. 10c. 80f. Bank Actions, 2,660 f. ftente de Naples, 99f. 50c. 45c. Roman Five per Cents., 102 f. Spanish Actives, 21 21 1 A yvoi. Spanish Passives, 4 5 4. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 104%. Belgian Bank, 1,475 f. 1,480 f. 1,475 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 20%. Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 54N. Haytian Loan, 400 f. EICHANOR ON LONDON. Onemonth, paper, 25f. 55c. ; money, 251. 52%c Three months, paper, 25f. 40c. ; money, 25f. 40c. LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 107 f. 80c. Three per Cents., 80f. 10c. Bank Actions, 2660 f. Romans ' 102. Belgian Loan, 104%. Belgian Bank, 1,475 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., tB%. Haytian Loan, 400 f. Spanish Actives, 2134. Spanish Passives, 4%. Brussels and German Papers of the latest dates have been received. The Turkish Ambassador to the Court of France is to pass through Rome, to pay hi; respects to the POPE ! This extraordinary proceeding on the part of the representative of the " Commander of the Faithful" has filled the minds of many pious Mussulmans with alarm. We see in these journals some awkward attempts to excite a feeling of jealousy between England and France, by pointing out the conflicting nature of their Oriental rela tions and policy. rIA INIBUR6 BORSEN HALLE, MARCH 13. Bills. Money. Austrian Metal'iques, 5 per cent. Ditt ditto 3 per cent. Ditto ditto 2.1 per cent Ditto Bank Shares 1435 1493 Anglo-Russian Loan lOB 1178 Paper Inscription, 6 per cent — Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto, 3 per cent 29 Dutch 21. 2 per Cents. 53 Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 159 1581 Anglo-Danish Loan, S per cents 72 71;,,2 Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Lean, 5 per Cent lB Greek 4 per cents. 1233, guaranteed by France EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MARCH 11-13 11 ; two months. 13 9%. STOCKHOLM, MARCH 2.—Two months, 12 18. CHRISTIANIA, AIARGII 6.—Three months, 5 22. BREMEN, MARCH 2.—Two months, 610. hERLIN. MARCH 10.—Three months, 6. 9.69. x. ST. PETF.RSBURGII, MARCH 2.—Three months, 6 37-64. —Hamburg Papers, March le. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Mancu 10. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch. 4 per cent lO3 109.1. Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 102% 102% Exchange on London, three months 6 2111% —Prussian State Gazette. March 11. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, MARCH 16. Actual Debt, 21 2 per Cent. Do du. 5 per Cent. Amort Syndic 4i;, per Cent~ Do. do. 3 1 4 per Cent 76 Commercial Company, 414 per Cent lBl% New ditto BELGIAN I. UNDS—Bitusum.s, MARCH 17. Actual Debt, 21 , :, per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cont. 14) 1 14 Loan of Thirty Millions ,,94 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent '9 3 14 Society of Commerce, 41,per Cent 16434 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent National Society . —Brussels Papers, March 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—ViEmcs, MARCO 9. Ilve per Cents. Metalliques s, Four per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares —.lllgemeineZeitung, March 12. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) EVESHA M. Sir ROBERT PEEL, Chairman. The Committee met today at the usual hour. Mr. BANILES proposed to strike the name of William Philips from the petitioner's poll, on the ground that he had persoaated his father. Upon inquiry it was found that the father was dead, and that the name of the voter was on the Register. BAmICES abandoned the objection. After a short consultation with the opposing Counsel, the Learned Gentleman applied for an adjournment for half an hour, which was at once agreed to. At the expiration of the time, the Committee being again full, Mr. BLN KEY said he was instructed by his Learned Friend Mr. Austin to apoligize to the Committee for his absence, which was caused by ill ness. He hoped to be in attendance to.morrow, and he had to apply then for an adjournment till that time, It was with a view to some arrangement by which the labours of the Committee might be much shortened. Mr. Rosirrort sail it was with his consent the application was made, and he trusted the adjournment would have the effect stated by his Learned Friend.—Agreed to. HULL. The Committee met at eleven o'clock, when The CHAIRMAN announced that Mr. Muskeg, who had come eighteen miles this morning from the couutry to attend the Committee, had been taken suddenly ill, which rendered it impossible for him to attend. The Committee accordingly adjourned, after drawing up a report to be presented to the House this evening. SHAFTESBURY. The Committee met at the usual hour. Mr. HastalsoN, on the part of the petitioners, applied to have the case—as to the objection relating to the adjournment of the Barristers' Court—re-heard, on the ground that fresh evidence could be adduced which might induce the Committee to come to a different decision from that to which they arrived on Saturday, when, it will be recollected they decided that the adjournment of the Registry Court was legal. Mr. HILL, on the part of the sitting Member, resisted the applica tion, as without precedent, and unjust in itself. The Committee deliberated with closed doors for a considerable period. YOUGHAL. The Committee was occupied the whole of this morning in examin ing the several charters of the Corporation, preparatory to hearing evi dence as to the alleged illegal admission of freemen. The vote of Mr. John Pollock, sen., an agent to the petitioner, was then objected to on the ground—that he had not been admitted before January, 1832. DUBLIN CITY. The Committee assembled this morning at the usual hour. Mr. KL►TINGE said that he would now proceed with class No. 5, which consisted of householders who had not paid their paving and lighting taxes. The ♦ote of Thomas Cassidy was first put up. Mr. Archer, the Town-clerk, was called, and produced the affidavit of registry. Mr. Wa►Moa►x then referred to the poll-books, but found, to his great surprise and the amusement of the Committee, that the ♦oter to whom he was objecting had polled for Messrs. West and Hamilton. The Learned Gentleman said he would not persevere in his objection. Mr. LISTER said that perhaps the other side would find it convenient by-and-bye to avail themselves of the objection which had been suggested by Counsel for petitioners.—(Laughter.) Mr. Wa►NGIAM said that he would proceed to the ♦ote of Joseph Ormsby, wool-stapler, registered out of the premises 77, Francis-street. Polled for Messrs. O'Connell and Hutton. The affidavit of registry was put in and read. Jahn Reilly, Secretary to the Paving Board, was then called and ex amined. He stated that he had held the office of Secretary since Fe bruary, 1827. The superior officers of the establishment are those ap pointed by the Lord-Lieutenant; they consist of the Secretary, two Supervisors of Works, and the Treasurer. There is an officer called an Inspector, who belongs to the Treasurer's department. Mr. W. Maguire is the person who now tills that office ; he has held it since 1826. There are eight collectors in the establishment. Has brought over such of the books of the Board as belong to witness's department, and as were specified in the Speaker's warrant. Is aware that other books were brought over be side those which he had in his charge. An order was served on the Commissioners by petitioners to send these books over in charge of wit ness and the treasurer, but in consequence of the illness of the latter gentleman, his books were entrusted to a clerk in their department, named Dillon. There was nothing to prevent him (Reilly) from bring ing over the treasurer's books, but conceived that, according to the Speaker's order, he was only bound to take charge of his own books. He gave the box containing the books of the secretary's office to an agent in Dublin, on Sunday last, to forward to London, and was assured that they would have reached town on the evening of the following Tuesday. Witness reached town on Thursday, but the books did not arrive until the following Saturdar. The present Commissioners who constitute the Board are Alderman Smith, Colonel Morris, and Mr. Hickman Kearney, Alderman Smith was appointed in the latter part of the year 1825, and Colonel Morris and Mr. Kearney in November, 1827. The office of the Board is si tuated in Ifary-street. The Board meets every day in the week except Sunday. The books which contain the proceedings of the Board are called the nainute-boeks. Produces the minute-books of 1836 and 1837. These books are always kept in the Board.room. There are subsidiary books to these in witness's office, called letter-books, diaries, &c. The tax ledgers are kept in the Treasurer's department. Produces the minute-books containing the assessments of the city of Dublin for the years 1836.37. They are signed by the Commissioners, and by him (Reilly) as a subscribing witness, and the seal of the Board is affixed to it. The date of the assessment for 1826 is the 18th January, and for 1837 the 2d February. Cross-examined by Mr. Hurrom—The order served on the Commis sioners directed their production of all the papers and documents under which the Board was originally constituted. Produces the warrant of the Lord-Lieutenant under which the present Commissioners act, it is dated the 3d of October, 1837. The date of the previous appointment is the 19th of November, 1835, but has not got it with him, as he con ceived the last warrant was the only one which was required. Witness discharged the duties of Treasurer for a considerable number of years. The usual course of business in that office is, to register in the tax-ledger the books previously prepared for the collectors. By the assessment the Commissioners proportion the rate to the valua tion of the house at so much to the pound. After the inspector re ceives the assessment from the Commissioners, he proceeds to applot the sum as as3ertained by the valuation, 'making out the specific sum due on each house. The books are then given to the tax-oollectors to proceed on their duty. The eolleetors do not wait for the completion of the ap plotment of the entire city, for it is a tedious and laborious operation, but according as each parish is completed, the collector who has charge of that particular parish goes out on his collection. According to the usual course of business, the collector of a parish is net at liberty to re ceive the tax, if tendered to him, until the applotment for the parish is completed. The tax is collectable in half-yearly instalments. There is no other publication of the rate than the notice served by the collector. A regulation was made within the last year, enabling the collector in the case of the poverty of a party, to take so much of the rate as he could afford to pay. Where premises are let to different tenants, and the landlord of the whole is liable for the rate, the collector is not at liberty to take from each tenant his proportion. The applotment is al ways entered in the Treasurer's leger, with the name of the street, and the door number. has known great irregularities to occur, from the frequent changes in the door numbers. Re-examined by Mr. KEATINGE—The Collector serves the notice on the occupying tenant. The tax for the year is taken in two moieties, payable after the sth January, and sth of July. In January, 1835, a special order was made by the Board, in consequence of the election, that the tax should be received when voluntarily tendered. During the Vice-royalty of the Duke of Northumberland, 20 per cent. was taken off the tax, but ever since the tax has been taken at its maximum. Mr. KELTINGE said that he would now call Mr. Maguire, the in spector of the Board, but previous to doing so it would be necessary to produce Mr. Dillon, who had books in his possession which it would be necessary to refer to, in the course of Mr. Maguire's examination. He did not mean, however, to examine Mr Dillon as a witness. Mr. IltrrroN objected to this mode of proceeding. The books could not be given in evidence, unless Dillon were sworn, and the sitting Member would then have the benefit of his cross-examination. Mr. KNATINce said that the object of his Learned Friend was to avail himself of the testimony of Dillon at his (Mr. K.'s) client's expense. They had it in evidence from Mr. Reilly that there was no necessity whatever for sending over Dillon with these books, as they could have been just as well entrusted to him (Reilly). Now it was not fair that his client should be saddled with the expense of bringing ~yer a witness, for whom they had no occasion whatever, solely for the benefit of his Learned Friend. The Learned Gentleman then cited a variety of cases to show that he was at liberty to use these books without swearing Dillon. Mr. HurroN replied. The room was then cleared, and on the readmission of strangers the CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee were of opinion that Dillon ought not to be sworn. (To be concluded in a Second Edition.) HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, the Bishop of Chichester, and the Marquis of Breadalbane, sat in the House of Lords to.day to hear Scotch appeals. SPEARS V. TIER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE FOR SCOTLAND. This case came before their Lordships upon a writ of error from the decision of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, by which the present plaintiffs in error were declared indebted to the Crown to the extent of 9601. for the amount of duties owing from them in respect of a distil lery which they carried on at East Bridge, Kirkaldy, The argument had not concluded when we left. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK We have received this morning numerous files of American papers, to the 25th ult., by the United States, packet-ship, but in perusing them, we do not find that they contain any further intelligence than already published. Exchange in London rather improved, 6i to 7 ; Stocks lower, 1 li. . _ _ Papers from Lima have been received, of 29th Nov., which con. firm the news that a treaty of peace has been concluded between Peru and Chili. The treaty guarantees the oblivion of what has passed, and a reciprocal abstinence of intervention for the future. Her Majesty's packet Lyra, with mails from the Brazils, has arrived at Falmouth, with advices from Rio Janeiro to the 30th January, with a freight of 20,0001. The accounts are of a more favourable nature. They refer to an increased demand for produce, particularly that of Coffee, of which considerable sales have been effected for the United States and Sweden, causing a rise in the price of that article. The last accounts received at Rio from Bahia were to the 9th January, at which period the rebels maintained possession of the city ; but it was generally considered that they could not hold out long, as their supplies were cut off. The Penang Gazette of the 28th October states that a Dutch Prince had landed at that island, and was received with suitable honours by the Governor. The Gazette states that pirates have again appeared in considerable force in the vicinity of the Pepper Ports, on the east coast of Sumatra, and had captured several small vessels after an engagement. (From the Singapore Price Current of the 16th November.) Cotton Manufactures—Long Cloths : Much as before, although there has been no accession to the stock ; demand is languid. Woollens : Spanish Stripes are not so firm as during the last week ; Camlets are very depressed. Cotton : We have not heard of a single transaction during the week ; the several arrivals from Bombay and Bengal have deterred purchasers from coming forward ; as however the supply is short from both Bengal and Madras, good Cotton may rally. Opium : The deliveries are, we belie►e, going on to a moderate extent out side, but no change has occurred in the measures of the Go vernment. Under these circumstances no certain quotations can be given ; sales of Benares have been made at six hundred dollars, and Malwa at 480, and should the trade continue in its present state much longer lower rates than these will be submitted to. The delivery at Lintin to the 15th were, Patna, old —, new 178 ; Benares, old 2, new 6 ; Matwa 63 ; total, 249 chests. We have received Canton papers of the 20th December, which con tains the following letter, addressed by Captain Elliot to the British merchants at Canton, previously to his departure for Macao, in con sequence of his communication with the Chinese authorities having been broken off:— " Gentlemen,—l hare had recently the honour to receive instruc. tions from her Majesty's Government, directing me to make a com munication to these provinces concerning the manner of my intercourse with his Excellency. The governor has declined to accede to the conditions involved in these instructions ; and whilst these differences subsist, all communication between us has necessarily ceased. In this posture of circumstances, I can only assure you, Gentlemen, of my disposition to afford you any public assistance in my power, either in the form of counsel, or in any other way which may be consistent with my situa tion ; neither can I conclude this letter without respectfully and earnestly suggesting to you the expedient of taking an occasion to draw from the Provincial Government a definite explanation of its in tentions with relation to your claims against the Hongtaebeing, claims it will be remembered, which have been examined and certified in strict conformity with arrangements required and submitted to by the Governor. It seems to roe to be an object of considerable importance to the general interests of the trade, that my report to her Majesty's Govern ment, detailing the interruption of public communications should be accompanied by a statement of your own position in respect to these particular claims. .`,l will only detain you, gentlemen, to offer you the expression of my best thanks for the courtesy and consideration which I have always re ceived at your hands. (Signed) CHARLES ELLIOTT, Chief Superintendent. THE FUNDS, Consols, which closed on Saturday at 93 % for the account, opened this morning at the same price; money 93 buyers, with little doing yet. Exchequer Bills, 64 G 6 ; India Bonds, 62 64. In the Foreign Market, although the news from Spain is of a favourable nature, Spanish Active has not advanced, opened at 211 f ; Portuguese, 30i 31 ; Three per Cents., 2.0 i t ; Brazilian, 76 77 ; Mexican, 28} li ; Dutch Twe-and.a.Half per Cents., 524 %. Brazilian Stock up to 78k. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock - 1 intim Stoeic - 2 per Cent. Red. — Ditto Bonds 3 per Cant. Cons. 0334 3 South Sea Stock — 334 per Cent — Old Annuities Ditto Red — New Ditto — New 334 per Cent 100%74 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... New 5 per Cent.... — Exch. Bills, .El,OOO 64 Gt 64 pm. Bank LongAnnuitiestoexpire Ditto ........ .......500.... 64 62 64 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Small 64 62 64 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 1860 l5 Ditto Advertised pm Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account — April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account Jan. 5, 1879 — Consols for Acconnt 99!8 3 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Belgian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Account....— ......... . Portugueseßonds — Brazilian Bonds .... ... Ditto Account — Ditto Account 77%9 8% 9 Ditto New Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account .. 80%►4 Ditto Account Ditto, 3 per cent 20%3 % Chillian Bonds ............... ..... Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account — Russian Bonds, 1822 — Columbian Bonds 27 Ditto Account — Ditto Account Calumbian Bonds, 1824 Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account Danish Bonds ...... Ditto Account Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent ......... —t. --c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — -- 4 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account - 3 per cent —f. c, Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent.... Exchange f. —c. Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account... — Ditto, 5 per cent 102% 3 Neapolitan — Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. Rhymney iron Mining Company Eastern Counties Railway 5 51 i I A Edinburgh and Glasgow Brighton Railway Company i ondon and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 17% London Grand Junction Railway 5 2% Manchester and Birmingham Railway 7 10% 11N Northern and Eastern Railway Company London and Westminster Bank 2O 21U London Joint Stock Bank 7 7 Mexican and South American 5 64 HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. We have received the Journal du Commerce, of Antwerp, of yester day's date, bringing the Dutch prices considerably higher. Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 53 9-16. Five per Cents., 102 5-16. Spanish, 18 15- 16. At Antwerp the Spanish prices are also higher-19 9.16. The financial accounts from Rio Janeiro, this morning, are of a favourable description. The Minister does not intend to issue any new Bonds until after the meeting of the Chambers, having provided means from other sources, and has expressed his full determination to maintain public credit. He has remitted about 20,0001., and continues regularly to remit by every conveyance for the punctual payments of the divi. deeds in London. Tne Consol Market has continued during the morning steady at 93 for Money, and 93i for the Account, without a feature worth notice and little doing. Exchequer Bills lower, 64 62 premium; India Bonds, 10s.—these to be paid off. India and Bank Stock shut. In the Foreign Market the chief operations were in Brazilian and Dutch Stock; the former improved from 761 77 to 78f 79, owing to the favourable accounts received by the Brazilian mail this morning. The Dutch Stock was done at 53, owing to a report that the Dutch Government —.... —......-- ...-.... did not require a loan, but no official information being known on the subject, it receded to 521 ; Spanish Active heavy at 211, with Coupons ; Portuguese rather lower, 301 ; Three per Cents, 201 ; Brazilian, 78-1 79 ; Mexican, nothing doing ; Dutch Two-and.a-Half per Cents, 521. In the share Market scarce a bargain has been done—Brighton rather lower. __ _. • —.. Two packets from New York may be expected —one London line, and the other to Liverpool, both of the Ist Marsh, THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock Omni urn — 3 per Cent. Red. 93% India Stock ........... ......-••••• 3 per Cent. C0n5...." ....... ... ..... 93 Ditto Bonds 35y per Cent 3% per Cent. Red Ditto Old Annuities New 3% per Cent 10%0 Ditto New Annuiticr, — 4 per Cent. Assented ... Ex. Bil Is, 1000/ 9 %d.... 64 pm Dissented Ditto 500/ 61 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 65 pm Jai. 1860 Bank Stock for Opg. Oct 1850 — India Stock for Act. Jan. 1860 l5 Consols for Feb. 0 315 • FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent — , Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent ' Ditto, New Ditto 30% Brazilian Bonds .............. .... 78% Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Chihan, 6 per cent --, .. Dittoßu st a , 5 per cent ;...111% Colombian, 6 per cent. ..... I)itto, 1824 Danish, 3 per cent French, 5 per cent ... ...... --. —c. Ile rk) ta r il d iC . Greek Bonds, 1625,5 per cent Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent. French, 3 per cent Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 ....... , Dutch, 24 per cent. 52% Peruvian. 1F,25.6 ner cent..,. 21 i Ditto. 5 per cent • 103 CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. (THIS DAY.); Dublin and Drogheda Railway 6ll Eastern Counties Rail w ay ,B Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway . 5 Great Western R a il way London and Brighton Railway lO% London and Greenwich Railway 17% London Grand Junction Railway .... Manchester and Leeds Railway Matiqiester and Birmingham Railway Northern and Eastern Railway 5% North Midland Railway York and North Midland Railway 3 ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) 11LR.R&T1' to. 11AiGil, Lord LANGDILE gave judgment in this case, which arose upon the circumstance of a will. His Lordship directed a case to the Court of Common Pleas for the purpose obtaining the opinion of the Learned Judges of that Court, on the question whether the defendant, Mrs. Haigh, under the will of the testator, took an interest in certain copy hold estates at Holtar.le-Clay, in Lincolnshire. 311 RE V. WILLUMS.—JUDGMENT. The arguments in this case, which were commenced on Saturday, having been concluded, Lord LANGDALE gave judgment. The Bill was filed for the specific performance of an agreement alleged to have been entered into between the plaintiff and the defendant en certain terms, was to take a lease of a house in Conyngharn-place, St. John's Wood. The terms of the agreement, and the agreement itself, were evidenced by certain corres pondence, which was stated in the Bill as originally framed. To that bill a general demurrer was put in, but the demurrer was over-ruled by his Lordship, on the ground that it appeared to him, the letters did con stitute an agreement. There had been no appeal from that decision, and the defendant put in his answer, in which he stated that he did not consi der that the letters constituted an agreement ; but that if it was to be held they did constitute an agreement he had a right to contend he entered into it under circumstances which would induce the Court to say it ought not to be specifically performed. His Lordship was not disposed to say the defendant had not a right to adopt that course of proceeding which, by his answer, he had adopted ; yet it was again bringing under the consideration of the Court the validity of the judg ment on the demurrer. If the defendant were dissatisfied with that judgment, he could have appealed, or obtained a re-hearing. His Lord ship had, however, considered those letters again, with a view of dis covering, if he could, whether the judgment which he pronounced two years ago in this case was erroneous, and nobody would be more re joiced if he discovered he had fallen into an error, to have an opportunity of correcting it ; but after again examiningthose letters with all the sate he could, he was still of opinion those letters did constitute an agree ment—an agreement clear and distinct in its terms—an agreement understood by both parties—and such an agreement as the Court was bound to see carried into effect. His Lordship was of opinion the de fence set up altogether failed—that there must be a specific performa nce of the agreement—and that the defendant, who had occasioned the• whole of the expellee, must pay the costs of the suit. Ho was v e t) " sorry there should have been so much litigation on a matter of so litt le importance as this was to the parties. well LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MARCH 17.—Wind N.N.W., squally.—Put back last night chief part of the outward bound which sailed on Thursday, and remain the Douro, M`Kenzie, from Para; Montrose, Fitchel, from Laguna. The Venus, Windhort, from Matanzas to Bremen, was off Dungeness on the 14th instant. Came down from the River and remain the Ar. fleck, Fell, for Tobago. Sailed the Shepherd, Tardene, for Swan River. Her Majesty's ship Modeste, from Sheerness to the Westward.. ••••MARCH 18.—Wind N.W. to N.E., P.M., S.S.W., fine weather.— Sailed again the whole of the outward bound proceeding on their re. spctive voyages, and proceeded for the River the Jumna, Robinson. from China; Portsea, Smith, from Bombay; Sarah, Sadler, from tho Mauritius; Norfolk, Gildownee, from ditto; Louisa, Chalker, from Marseilles. Came down from the River and proceeded the Henry. Walmsley, for Hobart gown; Lord Wellington, Tate, for sierra Leone; Pursuit, Alexander, for Dominica; Mary, Dann, for St. Kitts; George Robinson, Hallett, for St. John's, New Brunswick ; Antelope , Hanzy, for Rio Janeiro; Victoria, Culley, for Barbadoes ; Hazard , Mortimer, for Newfoundland. The Henry has come to anchor 301 remains. FALMOUTH, MARCH 16.—WiMd W. to W.N. W., strong breezes and squally. 17.—Wind W. to N.W.—Arrived the Lyra Packet, Lieu" Forrester, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed Jan. 20, with mails on freight, and 20,0001, sterling, the General Foy, Bienveger, for Port-au-Pene e, sailed Feb. 7 ; Catharine, Toay, from Antwerp. Sailed the Aler t Packet, Lieut. Norrington, for Havannah ; Belize, from East Indies; Livcaroor., MAUCH 17.—Arrived Formidable, Slagg, from Manilla' The brig P. J. Nevins, Green, from New York, for Sierra Leone, which put in here 13th inst., in a damaged state, has been s urve yed and commenced discharging her cargo. 40th January, off' Ri o Janeir o, the brig Messanger, of Dartmouth, by the Lyra pack e t ; the b rig ' Cognal packet, being at Pernambuco without a master or m ate, a° enter from the Lyra packet was put on board to navigate her i° Rio Janeiro. DOVER, MARCH 18.—Arrived the Anna Johanna, from Tambucf, COWES, MARCH 18.—Arrived the Hebe, Bantillier, frole Rio Janeiro; the Brocklyn, Richardson, from Batavia, put in here leakl and foremast sprung, &c. SwaNstca, MAcce 17.—Arrived off port, the Azia, Ilokr eauf, Fo ul Batavia. . _ BRISTOL, Mulct! 18.—Mtrived the Elizabeth, L;unds, from th . Mauritius. CLYDE, MARCH 16.—Arrived the Bethea, Hutchins, from Demerara•• Coat, MARCH 16..—Arrived off port, the Traveller, Cotha, fr °ll London ; and the Malrina, Beer, from London. DARTMOUTH, MAacti 17.—Arrived the Tweed, Reed, from Si crr3 Leone. The Vigilant, Pearce, from Newport to Bristol, has foundered--- crew saved. The Unity, of Ipswich, Stevens, sunk off Corton, 17th inst. The Arvalis, Mills, from Wisbeach, put into Yarmouth disinOted-- bound so London. The Heleh, Barron, from Catania to Gl a s gow, h av i ng g ot in contaar with the Volcano steamer, from Malta to Gib ra l tar, during the 13 , e i : was abandoned by the crew—the latter h as Pu t i nto C a rthagena, v " - considerable damage to her wheels. The following has been posted at Lloyd's TRADU WITH CHlNA.—Extract f rom th e age nt at St. lielQuas dated Feb. 5 :—By letters from China of Dec. 8, there are accounts of disagreements with the Chinese, the Viceroy having refused tha , '? °4l6 of communication witk the Chinese authorities insisted on by this British Government in their late instructions to the Chief Supesintendent.. Captain Elliot had left Canton, and struck the British flag, No imm diate inconvenience to the trade was anticipated." THE MARKETS.-(THT,S DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Considerable quantities of all kinds of Grain, also of Flour, arrived here last week, and the trade generally experienced no change frcrot the preceding Monday. This morning there has been a deficient supply of Wheat, and of other articles there are only moderate grin tities fresh up. The millers readily took off all the good samPlo e „ Wheat at full ls. per quarter advance on the terms of last. Man"': and other sorts maintained their value. Barley for maltiv.g meets good demand, other kinds sell slowly at formes prices. Bearcs„ lif ° d . , are rather dear. Pease of both descriptions remain as last, icepor t . e _, There continues a good demand for O a t s , p r i nc ip a lly frf i y.n buyers, and this article as well sustained the terms of this day se' l f a i Vro During last week there was very little trade for F l ,our, as the I ", s would not comply with the advance in pri ce , b u t today Wheat " e ing dearer, the millers are very firm in their demand.,. PRICES ON B 4 Wheat, Red (old) sss. 625. ---- White (01d)... 60g. 68s. -Red 18.37) 46s. 50s. Fine 545. 565. , ARD OF SHIP. 5 9356. Beans, Small (new) ............ 4 2 5 .40 0 : (old) ....... 28 i , 318. : - rick (new) ......... (old) ...... 3 - Superfine 603.635. -- Harroiv (new) ......... 4 6 0 :* * 40. -White (1837) 465. 555. - Fine 58s. 62s Brank 3544)55.. 345.705. ---- -- Superfine 645. 665. Oats, Feed --Foreign free Rye ''' 200. 24 ' . Barley 225. 255. New ••••• ." .." ••••• ,V 6 '•,sv, - Grinding 255. 9 75. - Potatee. ....... ....••••••• • 246.." - Malting 303.345. Malt 46s 545. - Scotch . ......... ~ ... Q 0 5,95 • - Fine New 568. 60s. - Irish , 523. 17s. •••••:50§. , Pease, Grey, New 30s. 31s. Flour Town Oper sack).••••• • 4ss. 4 t i r - Maple New 325. 03s. - Secon.ds ......... • 0 5 ,4 • - White '3ss. 355. I - NorTh Country......• so 93. - Boilers 375. 395. I Brass - ‘Vi f ' l:l‘ PolandN ew(:1:1)•••11. .......... 1 3.- .0 2 : ',; 6: i ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST ~, jrlo. c p. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 -,9 0 Engush Irish - - 10,900 ......'• Foreign - - - SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. t his JO The market to-day was strong, ow i ng t o th e hi g h prices "- , f t " - se'nnight. The q uality o f th e s t oc k was : generally good. 'there re' reduced prices in some instances, but the great part sold hig b .,: ror folF 4 and Mutton declined 2d. per stone. B eas t s were princ.ipallY and so were the most part of the half-bred and Down sh cup. T be un tiso• sheep, many of which were clipped, we re sen t by the midlandc4°,. 13j.; Veal was a little lower. P or k una lt ere d . Beef, sr,. 4d. t ° X ro l:' Mutton, 4s. to ss. 2d. ; Veal, 4s. Bd. t o e s.; P or l ;, 4,, to ss•' pigs' 79J Ss. Bd. to 4s. 2d. Beasts, 2,916 ; Sh ee p, 25 , 623 ; C;alves, 97 SEED MARKET. , rent`j e 111 : , ° Linseed — arrived 5,081 of foreign. Red Clr.ever Seed Wa s ' quired after, and the turn dear er ; o th er ki n d s , unvaried, ogd pre° nothing for remark. PROVISION I.IIA'ARET. on to. Prices, when we went to p ress , p resented no variation, and tlle The'business in this market co n ti nues ' co be limited to pressingol;e, is dull. METAL MARKET. oi% A very considerable busin ess cont i nues to be done in Brititifie, and prices are looking up. Th e consumption, now co eS"11 chiefly for railways. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. There was a good supply of Fish to-day. Lobsters are loWe c " ni s A to 3s. and higher being the price. Turbot, top pig* 215.; yvjri to 2s. per pair and higher ; S a lm on l ower, price b,eiN g 2s . per Ili' large Cod fetched 205.; ordinary prices 2s. to eak No TALLOW MARKUT. • • P.Y.C. Tallow is 575. 6d, on the s p o t, an. d 475. 6d, for dell" r Y much doing. The stock very short. iciin di CANADIAN PRODUCE MARKET. There is quiet in this departmen.t of business; but prices of all are firm. Turpentine is expected. to be higher. COLONIAL MARKETS. , A , eb ,„: ( 1 For home consumption and export, there is very cons.--ra,paos ness advertised for the week ; but for either, as far as can be n°7 en to al, there is but little disposition to purchase. Nothing has yct ter the primary features ofthe market, from those which it e%lihip, quart' week. For to-day we have no public sales whatever. ' 1 "; - on con' tity of goods advertised supersedes business by Pr i l o , whirl : tract, the attention of the buyers being directed to public forelg u i consist of considerable quantities of Bengal, 7.4 a uritius, n d Sugar, with but very little Coffee. Of other kinds of fast ' i v 01 will 0 ‘ ,„4 India produce, but little announced. Large sales of Colon'ingef, And on this week. For tomorrow we hrAve Cassia Li g nea, " Bengal Sugar. The imports continue right. NEWCASTLE CORN 'MARKET Mallon 1 1 • .0, Our supply of Wheat was v ery small at 'arket to-asY frog 00 growers, but we had fair arrivals coastvrise, and m the whole in WO demand, at an advance of 2.a. night. The supply of Barley was very large, and P to effect sn le ' e re of extent a decline of Is. per quarter must be submitted to. 03t , 5 ,., W . e 1" per quarter on the pricer ofth • d a y v , ~n good supply, and taken off at last week's rates. For 81e...1, - t e ' met some inquiry, and prices rated Is. per uarter higher. --- ,tho' limited demand, at our quotations. Beans and Pease rer n3inl e gr sael'' change. For Flour we have a free sale, at an advance of l'• p -r • New. Cr , , „,... 1 Wheat, Northumberland . 55, 5N....... 5 2' • 6 . 6 t: Norfolk and Suffolk... •• 54..003 ~ '''''' --s. --- Berwick and Scotch ********* ••• 53 • s. - 5 • :. ' ........ --2• mss.. --- Foreign s. -5..•.. -"'" s, Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk .....,. I v Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk cwss • 3 0 . s * -4. :'2l Grinding and Feeding 2 - .is "4 . 5: * ......:- --L ... -- .1 . .5. ' Malt, Norfolk and suffolk - ..""9. - 35 6 s . :36'. ,5 Beans, Small -- - Tick ^-5....«• • 3- , ......s. Pease, White 168. Us. --.•— s. Gray . Oats, --"!" --- s. Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe .**** - .. . 21s. 248.... s ------- Feed _„. s' --- •••••••J , Foreign —S. .--8.... ..... 4.),„. 4 v . Flour (per sack) DERBY CORN MARKET, 151.1..Y:cU 16 • o f Grail' . Our Corn Market this day wae well supplied with samP le Z f e r ior ye'? fine dry parcels made rathe r more mone y the 'gist week- ' orsi " heavy sale. Wheat, 575. to 62 5 . ; Fine B a rley, 30s. to 34 : Barley, 265. to 28s. ; Oats, 20s. to 255. ; Pine for Seed , •io s os.; ° New Beans, 335. to 38s. 11 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Mallets 17. n ...hie We still have to report an ex t re mely brisk request for Cotto racrico is fully id. per cent, dearer th a n last quoted. 800 bags a ) ' t . t e re l ' i l h it a t v le e f ( o 7o u t i t i o d n p o u ff rc e h ri a n s g er , sasintheexpmoretrecrhsa-utc:reazttihvheloyidisnpgealet, hi sr itoe gs l a a great measure, 5,500 bags were kohl this day.